| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: upon her. "Spirits in the air above?" she wondered. Yet there was
no sign to tell her of their nearness. The fine small sound of
voices grew larger and nearer.
"Father! rise! I hear the coming of some tribe. Hostile or
friendly--I cannot tell. Rise and see!" whispered the young woman.
"Yes, my daughter!" answered the chieftain, springing to his
feet.
Though asleep, his ear was ever alert. Thus rushing out into
the open, he listened for strange sounds. With an eagle eye he
scanned the camp ground for some sign.
Returning he said: "My daughter, I hear nothing and see no
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: Elizabeth. When Bassett's wire came from Norada, "All clear," he
set out for Haverly, more nearly happy than for months. The very
rhythm of the train sang: "Going home; going home."
At the Haverly station the agent stopped, stared at him and then
nodded gravely. There was something restrained in his greeting,
like the voices in the old house the night before, and Dick felt
a chill of apprehension. He never thought of Lucy, but David...
The flowers and ribbon at the door were his first intimation, and
still it was David he thought of. He went cold and bitter, standing
on the freshly washed pavement, staring at them. It was all too
late. David! David!
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: organic life. A few added likenesses came through conscious adoption
as the Great Race probed the future and copied what it liked.
Industry, highly mechanised, demanded but little time from each
citizen; and the abundant leisure was filled with intellectual
and aesthetic activities of various sorts.
The sciences were
carried to an unbelievable height of development, and art was
a vital part of life, though at the period of my dreams it had
passed its crest and meridian. Technology was enormously stimulated
through the constant struggle to survive, and to keep in existence
the physical fabric of great cities, imposed by the prodigious
Shadow out of Time |
